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Help stitching?
by raryals 12 Mar '25

12 Mar '25

https://nextdoor.com/p/7FSCbB4GqQDS?utm_source=share&slp=&share_platform=10… Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: How Would You Spend $1 Million to Improve Cambridge? Vote on Participatory Budgeting Projects March 6 – 16, 2025
by raryals 24 Feb '25

24 Feb '25

Please review all of these, think of what to propose so you are able to vote intelligently bunch 6th. Ruth Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jeremy Warnick, City of Cambridge <pio(a)cambridgema.gov> Date: Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM Subject: How Would You Spend $1 Million to Improve Cambridge? Vote on Participatory Budgeting Projects March 6 – 16, 2025 Cambridge Residents Age 12 or Older Can Vote on 20 Different Projects to Improve the City ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [image: City of Cambridge Banner] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *Contact:* Jeremy Warnick Director of Media Relations City of Cambridge PIO(a)cambridgema.gov <pio(a)cambridgema.gov> *How Would You Spend $1 Million to Improve Cambridge? Voting for Participatory Budgeting Projects Begins March 6, 2025* *Cambridge, Mass., February 24, 2025 -- *As part of its 11th Participatory Budgeting (PB) Cycle, the City of Cambridge invites the community to vote on projects to improve the City from March 6 – 16, 2025. Voting will be open to all Cambridge residents age 12 and older (and all 6th graders) regardless of citizenship status, including university students. Capital and operating projects for up to three years are eligible for up to $1 million in funding for this year’s PB11 process. From August through October 2024, Cambridge community members submitted over 1,300 ideas on how to spend $1 million of the City of Cambridge’s FY26 Budget. From October 2024 to January 2025, nearly 80 volunteer PB Delegates from the community researched and developed those ideas into the 20 final proposals for the PB ballot. Residents are encouraged to learn more about the 20 ballot project proposals at pb.cambridgema.gov <http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=u001.LzIyrLsQApaeRF8VJ5SeDuFlb…>. Project themes include: - Community resources - Environment - Facilities, parks and recreation - Transportation, streets and sidewalks - Youth Beginning on March 6, 2025, community members can vote for up to five proposals in one of three ways: - Online: Vote at *pb.cambridgema.gov* <http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=u001.LzIyrLsQApaeRF8VJ5SeDsg79…> *.* - Phone: Call the City of Cambridge Budget Office at (617)-349-4270. Regular business hours are Monday 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM, Tuesday – Thursday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Friday 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM - In-person: Visit PB11 voting locations. See the full schedule at *pb.cambridgema.gov* <http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=u001.LzIyrLsQApaeRF8VJ5SeDsg79…> *.* Paper ballots are also available through the Budget Office during regular business hours. Online and paper ballots are available in English, Amharic, Arabic, Bangla, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Haitian Creole, Hindi, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese. After voting closes, the City invites community members to attend the PB11 vote results party in the Sullivan Chamber at Cambridge City Hall (795 Massachusetts Avenue <https://www.google.com/maps/search/795+Massachusetts+Avenue?entry=gmail&sou…>) from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, where the winning projects will be announced. This event is open to all members of the community, and food and drinks will be provided. Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process where community members can vote to decide how to spend part of a public budget. In Cambridge, Participatory Budgeting aims to directly involve residents in the budgeting and city-building process, foster civic engagement and community spirit, and help ensure that the City’s budget reflects the priorities of Cambridge residents and local partners. Projects are eligible for Participatory Budgeting funding if they: - Benefit the public - Cost $1 million or less - Are either a capital project with a one-time expenditure on City property, *or* an operating project with a fixed duration of up to three years - Are implemented by the City of Cambridge on city property (streets, sidewalks, parks, libraries, schools, youth centers, senior centers, municipal buildings, etc.) - Are consistent with existing City policies. Past winning PB projects have included public art murals, shaded seating on city streets, laundry access in Cambridge Public Schools, pedestrian-controlled crosswalk lights, accessible swings in City parks, and many others. Last cycle, a record 10,522 Cambridge residents age 12 and older voted to decide how to allocate Participatory Budgeting funding to address community needs. Since the inaugural process in 2014, the City of Cambridge has collected more than 10,000 ideas and committed over $9.5 million to Participatory Budgeting projects across ten cycles. For more information about PB and how you can vote, please visit *pb.cambridgema.gov* <http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=u001.LzIyrLsQApaeRF8VJ5SeDsg79…>, contact the City of Cambridge Budget Office at 617-349-4270, or email pb(a)cambridgema.gov. *-###-* Community members hold signs of the winning Participatory Budgeting projects for cycle 10. Communications Office City of Cambridge 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02139 <https://www.google.com/maps/search/795+Massachusetts+Ave.,+Cambridge,+MA,+0…> United States <https://www.google.com/maps/search/795+Massachusetts+Ave.,+Cambridge,+MA,+0…>

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PSNA Meeting February 20, 7-9 pm!
by raryals 19 Feb '25

19 Feb '25

At this meeting we will review materials on and talk about the *Redesign of Linear Park* as presented last week at St. John's. We meet, *in person*, at Lesley University Hall, 1815 Mass Ave (Rm 2-078), or on *Zoom* (link below). It appears the project is nearly ready to go to bid (at a remarkable $ 7million price tag!) and only suggestions for minor changes will be entertained at this point. Let's make sure we take this chance to comment on what CDD and DPW have done, or should have done in the redesign. As a major upgrade to an important conduit for both bicyclists and pedestrians in our area, we should all know what is coming! Take a look here -- https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/communitydevelopment/linearparkrede… *Please join us, in person, or on zoom:* https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5576471494?omn=84241450495 One tap mobile +13092053325,,5576471494# US • +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) • +1 646 931 3860 US Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keyileuJp6 -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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PSNA Meeting 2/20, 7-9 pm
by raryals 14 Feb '25

14 Feb '25

We will review materials on and talk about the redesign of Linear Park. I hope to see you all there, in person, at Lesley University Hall, or on Zoom. More details to follow, including the zoom link. Ruth -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Village kitchen is now a Chinese restaurant
by raryals 08 Feb '25

08 Feb '25

Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Peter Kroon <pbkroon(a)yahoo.com> Date: Sat, Feb 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM Subject: Village kitchen is now a Chinese restaurant To: Ruth Ryals <raryals(a)gmail.com> FUPO.

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Shoveling
by Alison Moore 07 Feb '25

07 Feb '25

Hi, I need my car shoveled after the storm and my folks, who live on Rutland Street, need their house cleared. Does anyone know of a company who might help? Alison Moore

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For those of you who missed the MAPS (Mass Ave Planning Study) meeting last week, which focused on Porter Square
by raryals 06 Feb '25

06 Feb '25

https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Images/CDD/Planning/massaveplanningstud… -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: MEDIA REQUEST: New York Times
by raryals 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

FYI Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Katie Labrie <katie(a)cambridgelocalfirst.org> Date: Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM Subject: MEDIA REQUEST: New York Times To: Advisory Board <advisoryboard(a)cambridgelocalfirst.org>, Board of Directors <board(a)cambridgelocalfirst.org> Hello all, Via our partners at Small Business Rising, we have a media opportunity that may be of interest to some of you. A business reporter from the *New York Times* is asking to speak with US small businesses that either sell, import (or both) from Canada. She's interested to hear how s*mall businesses* may be impacted by and are planning around President Trump's tariffs. *She'd like to speak to businesses by tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 4.* Please follow up with me directly and I will make the connection. Feel free to pass this along to anyone in your network who may be interested. Warm regards, Katie -- Katie Labrie Executive Director Cambridge Local First <http://cambridgelocalfirst.org> Mobile: 310-430-8812 To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to advisoryboard+unsubscribe(a)cambridgelocalfirst.org.

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Sidewalk care
by Sara St. Antoine 02 Feb '25

02 Feb '25

Dear neighbors, Just a gentle reminder not to wait for Mother Nature to clear the snow from your sidewalks—especially if you're on the north-facing side of your street. Half of our neighborhood sidewalks are covered in sheets of ice right now. (Yesterday I tried to walk a stretch of Upland with my 95-year-old father and it was unsettling to say the least!) With gratitude, Sara

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